TL;DR (generated · confidence: high)

This budget reduction proposal recommends ceasing the city's use of Alternative Community Service (ACS) crews in Portland Parks & Recreation. ACS provides an alternative-to-incarceration program for misdemeanor offenders performing court-ordered community service across 10 service zones. The program, contracted through Multnomah County, has a Crew Leader who oversees and transports crews to perform diverse park maintenance: trash cleanup, graffiti removal, homeless camp cleanup, trail maintenance, vegetation management, and biohazard removal. The budget office status is Not Recommended, opposing this reduction. Eliminating the program would reduce park maintenance services and support for livability goals, with disproportionate impacts on lower-income and marginalized communities.

Key points (each cites a PDF page):

Proposal ceases utilization of Alternative Community Service (ACS) crews across 10 Service Zones in Land Stewardship. (p. 1602)
ACS provides alternative to jail for misdemeanor offenders with court-ordered community service, contracted through Multnomah County. (p. 1602)
Crew Leader oversees transport and execution of park maintenance tasks including trash cleanup, graffiti removal, homeless camp cleanup, and trail maintenance. (p. 1602)
Recommended budget impact: $0 in Expense, $0 in Revenue, $0 in General Fund Discretionary. (p. 1602)
Status: Not Recommended, indicating budget office opposes this reduction. (p. 1602)
Elimination reduces supplemental project hours for cleanup, graffiti removal, and green asset maintenance. (p. 1602)
Disproportionately impacts lower-income and marginalized communities in parks throughout Portland. (p. 1602)

💰 $0 · 📋 Alternative Community Service (ACS) · Land Stewardship · 🏛️ Portland Parks & Recreation

23,615

Source: PDF p. 1602 · raw: 1602

Breadcrumb: 7 vs › vc-dps_06-03-2025_16-20 › Package Details › 23,615

23,615 - Cease Utilization of Alternative Community Service Crew Service Area Vibrant Communities DCA Sonia Schmanski Bureau Name Portland Parks & Recreation Director Adena Long Funding Type Name Reduction Status: Not Recommended Package Desc Expense Recommended Total This proposal ceases the utilization of Alternative Community Service (ACS) Crews. Ten Service External Materials and Services $0 Zones in Land Stewardship alternate use of the ACS crews every month. The ACS program provides $0 an alternative to jail for individuals who have pled guilty to misdemeanors and who have received court ordered community service. PP&R has contracted this service through Multnomah County for Revenue Recommended Total decades. The service pays for their Crew Leader to oversee and transport a crew of individuals to perform community service in parks. Parks staff set up maintenance projects, bring tools and General Fund Discretionary $0 equipment, and coordinate with ACS to perform park tasks such as trash cleanup, homeless camp cleanup, pressure washing, graffiti removal, ivy and blackberry removal, spreading wood chips on $0 walking pathways, string trimming tall grass, weeding, shrub and rose bed cleanup, leaf removal, storm cleanup, and other park maintenance tasks. Service Impacts This proposal reduces clean and care services and reduces supplemental project hours spent cleaning up trash, broken glass, biohazards, hypodermic needles, and homeless camps in parks. It reduces graffiti removal, leaf removal, access systems cleaning, and soft and hard surface trails maintenance. It reduces green asset maintenance, shrub and rose bed care, weeding, invasive plant removal, and planting. It reduces basic maintenance and reduces support for the City’s livability goals. Equity Impacts This proposal reduces park services to many parks throughout Portland and with diminished PP&R investment, disparities will occur and impact lower income, marginalized communities at a disproportionate rate.

Parent: Package Details · PDF: p. 1602